List of Famous people born in France

Gabrielle-Suzanne Barbot de Villeneuve was a French author influenced by Madame d'Aulnoy, Charles Perrault, and various précieuse writers. Villeneuve is particularly noted for her 1740 original story of La Belle et la Bête, which is the oldest known variant of the fairy tale Beauty and the Beast.

Marquis Boniface Antoine de Castellane was a French aristocrat, most notable as deputy for Cantal and as father of Boni de Castellane.

Philip I, called the Noble, was the margrave of Namur from 1195 until his death. He was the second son of Baldwin V, Count of Hainault, and Margaret I, Countess of Flanders. His paternal grandmother was Alice, Countess of Namur.

Francis Perrin was a French physicist, the son of Nobel prize-winning physicist Jean Perrin.

François Lemarchand is a former French cyclist, who during the 1980s and 1990s participated in ten Tours de France. He was a professional cyclist between 1985 and 1997.

Guillaume Garot is a French politician of the Socialist Party (PS) who has served as a member of the National Assembly from 2007 until 2012 and since 2014, representing the Mayenne department. From 2012 until 2014, he was Junior Minister for the Food Industry under minister Stéphane Le Foll in the government of Prime Minister Jean-Marc Ayrault.

François Delarozière is the art director of La Machine, a French company which is a collaboration between artists, designers, fabricators and technicians and which specialises in producing giant performing machines, often creatures. He has collaborated with French and international companies in productions ranging from traditional theatre to experimental street art.

Charles de Sévigné (1648–1713) was a French aristocrat and soldier. He was the son of French literary icon Madame de Sévigné.

Hermine Karagheuz was an Armenian-French actress, writer and photographer. She is known for among others her roles in Out 1, Merry-Go-Round and Duelle.